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 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Historical. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Usage
 | This template is "not" for use in articles or where there is an ongoing dispute. |
Basics
- To include a shortcut, pass a parameter: Template:Tnull.
- To provide a last-updated date, use the named parameter "last" or "date", i.e. Template:Tnull. This should only be used for substantive updates, not things like bot tweaks or typo fixes.
- To provide a briefer form of the text, use Template:Tnull
- For a former policy, use Template:Tnull
- For a former guideline, use Template:Tnull
- For a page closed down by explicit community consensus, use Template:Tnull
- To provide an explanatory comment, use Template:Tnull. If you want to point to a successor page, use {{Superseded}} instead of Template:Tnull.
- Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter
|category=nois given: Template:Tnull (user and user talk pages are not categorized). - For related Wikipedia header templates, see Template messages/Wikipedia namespace.
- Please note that this template is not appropriate for portals, which exist for the purpose of informing readers on a given topic and, as such, can never truly be "inactive".
- It is also not appropriate for inactive WikiProjects which are dealt with according to the WikiProject Council/Guide; these should be tagged with {{WikiProject status|Defunct}} or {{WikiProject status|Inactive}}.
Adding shortcuts
- In addition, a shortcut can be added to this template by using the following syntax:
- Up to 5 shortcuts can be added to this template in this fashion:
TemplateData
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortcut 1 | 1 | no description | Page | optional |
| Shortcut 2 | 2 | no description | Page | optional |
| Shortcut 3 | 3 | no description | Page | optional |
| Shortcut 4 | 4 | no description | Page | optional |
| Shortcut 5 | 5 | no description | Page | optional |
| Last | last | The date of the last substantative update to this page. | Date | suggested |
| Date | date | Formerly an alias for last. | Date | deprecated |
| Type | type | The type of page this is, eg. policy, guideline, script, etc.
| Line | suggested |
| Brief | brief | Whether to use a shortened message.
| Boolean | optional |
| Comment | comment | A message explaining why the page is obsolete | String | suggested |
| Category | category | Whether to include this in [[Category:Inactive project pages]]
| Boolean | optional |
See also
- {{WikiProject status}}
- {{failed}} for proposals that were never adopted
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Wikipedia namespace for a listing of Wikipedia namespace banners.